At the third session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crimes and its Protocols (Vienna, 9-18 October 2006), various request were made of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as the secretariat of the Conference of the Parties. Among them was to develop guidelines and collect disseminate of successful practice with respect to: * Victim identification * Investigation of offenses * Victim assistance and repatriation * Training and Capacity -building * Awareness-raising strategies and Campaigns